mistress Sarai, we must set our eyes on the
God who sees our own sorrows.
Then she called the name of the Lord who
spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she
said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?”
Genesis 16:13
Hagar knew that God had heard and
seen her suffering. For He had met her there
in that wilderness. Pregnant and desperate,
He had spoken to her:
And the angel of the LORD said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a
son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the
LORD has listened to your affliction.” Genesis
16:11
And what does the name Ishmael
mean? It means “God hears”. She had, in
the name of her son, a constant reminder
that God hears her. It is because we know
that God sees, hears and cares for our pain
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that we can finally lay down these burdens
at His feet, knowing that He never has and
never will neglect the mistreatment of His
precious children. He has not disregarded
your case and He will make all things beau-
tiful in His time.
Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah
40:27-28
Juliane Wiebracht is a homemaker in Longview,
TX who shares God’s love with women who are
incarcerated.